The United States imposed sanctions against submarine manufacturers for the FSB

The US Department of Finance imposed sanctions against three St. Petersburg companies related to the FSB: Digital Security, DivetekhneService and the FSUE of the Kwant Research Institute. As reported on the website of the department, three leaders of DavtekhneService are also included in the sanctions list.

DivetekhneService is engaged in the production and maintenance of diving and underwater equipment. Since 2007, this company "delivered various underwater equipment to Russian departments, including the FSB," the US Treasury said. In 2011, DavtekhneService received a contract for the creation of an underwater apparatus for the FSB worth $ 1.5 million, the agency claims. The owner of the company Vladimir Kagansky, general director Alexander Tribun and manager Oleg Chirikov were included in the sanctions list.

FSUE of the Kwant Research Institute, according to the Ministry of Finance, also received orders from the FSB. The company Digital Security, which specializes in information security, contributed to the increase in Russian cyber potential, the Washington claims. The sanctions were also included in the Digital Security of Erpscan and Embedi.

“The United States continues to counteract those who commit malicious actions at the direction of the Russian Federation, its armed forces and intelligence to strengthen the potential of Russian cyber attacks,” said the head of the Ministry of Finance Steve Menushin. “The companies that were included in the sanctions list today directly contributed to the expansion of Russian capabilities in the field of cyber intelligence, working with the FSB and thus threaten the security of the USA and their safety and their safety and their safety Allies ". According to him, Washington will "aggressively counteract any structures and persons whose work poses a threat to the United States" and respond to "constantly intensifying threats coming from Russia."

Examples of Russia's malicious actions are mentioned by an attack using the notpetya virus, cyber attacks against the US energy infrastructure and infection of millions of routers around the world. In the field of underwater intelligence, we are talking about protecting underwater telecommunication cables, explained in Washington.